When the Body Forgets to Yawn (FUNCTIONAL FREEZE)
photo from Pinterest. There were years when I didn’t yawn. You wouldn’t think much of yawning, would you? And yet, it holds so much wisdom about our nervous system — and about functional freeze. What happens when we yawn? Most of the time, it’s a subtle cue the body sends when it’s shifting from one state to another. You might remember yawning when you were tired — a gentle reminder that it’s time to rest, that your body craves oxygen and release. Or maybe you’ve yawned in a slightly tense situation — a meeting, a conversation, a moment you wished would end. Your mouth opens, uninvited, like a small re...
